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In some parts of the Mountain West like Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming, teen pregnancy rates are higher than average, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New research from the University of Colorado Boulder finds that when access to contraceptives goes up, the percentage of girls who drop out of high school goes down. This story and more in the Friday morning news brief.
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Utah’s Racial And Gender Disparities
Addressing racial and gender disparities in Utah has become a major focus for state leaders over the last year following protests and in light of the pandemic. Now, they’ll have a report to better guide future policies. Released Thursday by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, it outlines significant disparities in economic, education, health and housing outcomes. In general, it found Utah’s minority populations with some exceptions are mo
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Letter: Protecting Utah land can help heal our planet
FILE - Two buttes that make up the namesake for Utah s Bears Ears National Monument are shown on Dec. 28, 2016, in southeastern Utah. With Joe Biden s capture of the White House comes the likelihood that Utah s two big national monuments will be restored to their original boundaries, reopening yet another front in the West s public lands wars. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
By Jennifer Fegely | The Public Forum
| Feb. 17, 2021, 1:00 p.m. | Updated: 3:08 p.m.
I applaud the Tribune’s recent editorial highlighting the opportunity for our new local and federal administrations to protect and celebrate Utah as the Public Lands State.
Published on February 8th, 2021
For 32 years, environmental advocates have sought to designate as wilderness 9 million acres of unspoiled public land in Utah. Even though the concept of the Red Rock Wilderness Act was first introduced as a 1989 bill by a Democratic representative in the state, it got no traction from Utah’s mostly Republican congressional delegation then, or in the decades since, as other lawmakers have introduced versions of the original bill.
A slice of public land that would be designated wilderness by the Red Rock Wilderness Act.
By Meteor Blades
In the last session of Congress, Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois and California Rep. Alan Lowenthal proposed establishing wilderness areas in the Great Basin, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Glen Canyon, Moab-La Sal Canyons, and the San Rafael Swell. Given the Biden-Harris administration’s “30 by 30” pledge to conserve 30% of U.S. land and coastal areas by 2030, the Red Roc